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Chapter 22
The Malfoy Party
We spent the next couple weeks plotting for the party, trying to find a way to eavesdrop on the Death Eater planning and save Narcissa
The night came, and I was already holding us back getting ready.
"Hurry up, Hannah!" Draco groaned. "The party's not forever!"
"Ok, ok, calm yourself! Perfection takes time I'm sure your mother can wait a few more moments." I said, finishing up the touches on my concealer over my scar and settling my dress. It was midnight blue with spaghetti straps and a slightly revealing, but modest sweetheart neckline. The skirt had a gentle flare and reached down to my high heels.
I settled my skirt and ripped the curtain open, spinning around to watch the males of the coven admire my body.
"Well?" I asked. "What d'you think?" I asked.
Alvaro gaped, making Draco glare at him. "Remember when Mel said you had no boobs? Well, she was wrong…dead wrong."
I gaped "Oh, speaking of Mel, she won't come out in the dress." I told Alvaro
Draco groaned, as Alvaro opened the tent to find Mel in her pink princess dress. "Alvaro, just tell her she looks pretty like a princess!" I said "I tried, but she just wouldn't believe me. And if she buys it, you have to call her princess for the whole night!" I smirked.
Alvaro scowled at me, going into the tent as I watched Draco ogle me.
"Well, how do I really look?" I asked as Raven closed Blaise's mouth, Emily closing Draco's.
"Perfect." Draco said, grinning as Alvaro came back out with Mel in tow.
"Great. Hannah's finally ready, Mel's confidant, can we go now!" Draco said.
"Are you sure I look ok?" I asked, looking in the mirror. "Maybe I should change my eye makeup or maybe Transfigure my dress?" I asked.
Draco sighed. "You look fine, Hannah, let's go!" he said, grabbing my hand and dragging me to the Apparation area, Drosie and I sharing a smirk before we Disapparated.
…
When we got to the Manor, we looked to the gate and saw what I hadn't been expecting. A bouncer was standing by the gate.
I groaned "Cato!" I whispered "Why didn't you say anything about the bouncer?" I hissed.
"It didn't seem important!" Draco protested.
"Yeah, plenty unimportant." I hissed sarcastically. "Now we gotta sweet talk our way in." I said, straightening my bodice.
"I'll do it." Draco said.
"No!" I hissed "He'll know who you are and we'll all be fucked." I whispered. "Just let me do the talking, and you just stand there and look pretty." I said, making everyone scowl at me. "Sorry." I said, straightening up and walking over to the bouncer. "Excuse me?" I said sweetly, flipping my hair back.
"What?" the bouncer asked, looking me up and down.
"My friends and I are here for the party." I said, twirling some hair around in my fingers. "Can you please let us in?" I asked, giving the bouncer the sweet puppy dog eyes.
The bouncer looked to Mel and shook his head "No kids." he said, nodding to Mel.
"What now, Harley?" Blaise whispered "You're the girl with the plan!"
"I said to let me do the talking, Thresh!" I said, turning back to the bouncer "She's not a kid." I lied smoothly. "She's just small for her age." I added. "So, if we'll just be going…" I drawled, trying to get through the gate, the bouncer stopping me.
"No, I said no kids." the bouncer growled, locking eyes with me.
"But-" I started before someone cut me off. Someone cold, snide and full of himself.
"Let them in." Lucius Malfoy's voice said inside. "All of them…they'll be a treat."
I swallowed "Shit." I hissed before smiling. "Thanks, Luci- I mean, Mr Malfoy." I said smoothly. "You're too kind." I lied "Right, guys?" I asked.
Everyone mumbled an agreement before the bouncer let us all through, Draco turned angrily to me.
"Brilliant plan, Hannah!" Draco said "Now we're absolutely fucked, the plan is blown, Father knows who we are!"
"Hey…" Blaise said, turned around the way we came. "Isn't that Harry Potter?"
I whipped around, looking with hope, and sure enough, there was my brother, Harry, whipping off his Invisibility Cloak when he walked into the Manor.
I gasped, clapping a hand over my mouth before running over to him. "Harry!" I shouted before stumbling. "Damn it, heels!" I muttered, taking my shoes off before completing my sprint. "Harry!" I said happily.
Harry just looked to me as if he had no idea who I was.
"Harry, it's me!" I said, looking him in the eye.
Harry looked deeply into my eyes before gaping, opening his arms to me.
"Harry!" I said, sobbing as I threw my arms around him.
"Hey, sis." Harry said, messing up my hair. "You look really pretty."
I smiled, smoothing my hair back down. "Thanks." I said before looking behind him. "Where's Ron, Hermione, and Ivy?" I asked "Are they coming? Or are you here alone?"
"Hermione and Ivy are fine." Harry said before becoming serious "Ron's left. He decided to go home."
I bit my lip before seeing Hermione and Ivy. "GUYS!" I screamed, hugging them both.
"Han!" Ivy said, hugging me tightly. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Doing a little recon with my coven." I said before hugging Hermione. "Hey, Watson!"
"Hey, Sherlock." Hermione said as Harry stood confused.
"Coven?" Harry said cocking an eyebrow.
"Oh, yeah!" I said, turning to everyone "Ever hear of Harley Quinn in the news?" I asked.
Everyone nodded.
I said, beaming. "I'm her."
"You!?" Harry said "Harley Quinn?"
I nodded, dragging Harry, Hermione and Ivy back to the coven.
"Malfoy!" Harry growled, drawing his wand.
"Potter!" Draco snapped, drawing his.
"Boys!" I said, pushing them away from each other. "Enough! We are on the same side now, it's bad enough that we have You Know Who on our throats without getting at each other's. Now, Harry, I believe introductions are in order. Harry, this is Melody and Alvaro," I said, gesturing to them. "and Katherine and Raven and Teresa." I added, gesturing to Katherine and Raven and Teresa. "But we go by Cato," I gestured to Draco "Thresh," I gestured to Blaise "Foxface," She-Cat "Effie," Sheila "Clove," Emily "Glimmer," Drosie "Gale," Alvaro "Posey," Melody "Rue," Katherine "Raven," Raven "Wolfie," Teresa "and, of course, Harley." I gestured to myself with a grin.
"Hey, all." Harry waved.
The coven waved to Harry and Draco pulled me into the Manor with him.
"So, what's the plan?" Draco asked.
"I don't know…" I said. Every Death Eater we knew was on the dance floor having the time of their lives.
"I guess we have fun." Alvaro said. "Come on, Mel." he added, taking Mel with him and leaving me and Harry alone.
"It's so good to see you, I was so worried." Harry said, wrapping me in his arms again. "But I guess I had nothing to worry about, Miss Harley Quinn." he laughed.
"I was worried about you, too!" I said. "Did you find the locket?"
Harry nodded. "We got it, I'm wearing it right now." he said, taking the pendant out of his shirt and smirking. "It made me have these weird Dark Lord dreams about a little girl that looked a lot like Melody."
"Really? How old was she?" I asked, cocking an eyebrow and getting a drink.
"She looked ten." Harry said, shrugging.
I paled. "That's Mel!" I said, standing up and taking him with me to find Mel and Alvaro.
"What?" Alvaro asked when we found him talking with Draco.
"Harry's been having dreams about Mel…" I whispered the circumstances to Alvaro. "he needs to talk to her."
Draco nodded. "You two talk, I'm taking Spitfire here for a whirl on the dance floor."
I squeaked excitedly and followed him down.
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Harry POV
I turned to Mel. "Ok, honest question, are you a Death Eater?" he asked.
"No!" Mel said, terrified. "Death Eaters killed my parents!" she said.
I sighed. "Same with me and You-Know-Who…" I said, turning and watching my sister dance with the Ferret.
I wasn't even watching for a minute, but when I turned back, Mel was gone.
"Oh, fuck!" I said, running and tapping Hannah's shoulder.
"What?" Hannah and Malfoy said together.
"Mel's gone." I said.
"WHAT!?" Hannah and Malfoy said together again.
"How could you let this happen!?" Malfoy spat.
"I let her out of my sight for two seconds and she's gone!" I said.
"Ok, ok, everyone calm the fuck down!" Hannah said. "We'll gather my coven, find Hermione and Ivy, probably with the coven and we'll split up and look for her." she said.
We all nodded and ran off, finding the coven by the food.
"Ok, Mel's gone, Harry lost her." Hannah said.
"Accident! She ran off, but I was with her!" I protested.
"Ok, ok, we'll save your defences for afterwards. Anyways, Sheila…"
At the mention of Sheila's name a blond haired blue eyed boy dressed all in black came up and tapped her shoulder. "Hey, mind if I take her for a minute?" he asked.
Sheila flushed. "Ok!" she said, taking the boy's arm and letting him lead her onto the dance floor.
"Ok, here's what we're gonna do, seeing as Sheila decided to ditch us." Hannah said. "Harry, you and Alvaro are going to check around the Manor, Draco, you check the courtyard and I'll check the library, everyone else, check around the party." Hannah said. "Meet in the library if you find her." she added, running off.
We all nodded and ran off in our directions, looking for Mel.
"So Mel's your sister?" I asked Alvaro.
"Absolutely." Alvaro said, suddenly nervous.
"What?" I asked.
"I am so sorry, I took Hannah's virginity." Alvaro muttered.
My eyes widened and I grabbed him, slamming him into the wall. "You should know that if you touch my sister again, I will rearrange your face!" I said.
"Ok, ok, let go, we have to find Mel." Alvaro said, suddenly nervous. He should have been. No one touched my sister.
We ran around for a solid hour until I sensed something amiss with Hannah. Thank God for Twin Telepathy.
She was in the library, Malfoy with her…and Mel.
"Malfoy found Mel." I said, going back into the Manor alone and running into the library.
Mel was sobbing, holding her arm to her chest.
"She was Marked." Malfoy growled, taking hold of Mel's wrist and showing us the Dark Mark on her wrist.
At this, Hannah held her head, her eyes glazing over. I knew this anywhere…she was having a vision.
"She ok?" Malfoy asked.
I nodded. "She will be in a minute." I said.
As quickly as I said it, Hannah shook her head. "I'm good." she said when Malfoy opened his mouth to say something.
"What'd you see?" I mouthed.
"That!" Hannah said, pointing to Mel's arm. The snake in the Mark was moving!
Hannah's eyes closed, her jaw clenched. Her eyes shot open and she stood, starting to read the bindings of the books. "No, no, no." she continued to mutter, running a hand across the bindings with her eyes closed. "Draco, Dark Arts books, where are they?" Hannah asked.
Malfoy, taken aback, pointed them out.
"Thanks." Hannah said, kneeling and dragging a hand over the books as we heard footsteps.
"Someone's coming!" I hissed, grabbing Mel and ducking behind the bookcase, Malfoy doing the same with Hannah.
Voldemort came into the room, Lucius Malfoy on his tail.
"Lucius, I am disappointed in you, you were supposed to kill the girl, not Mark her!" Voldemort said, leaning against the wall as my scar burned.
Hannah's scar seemed to burn worse, because she almost let out a moan of pain. Good thing Malfoy clapped a hand over her mouth.
"My apologies, my Lord, the mistake will be rectified. The child will be dead by tomorrow." Lucius said before walking out with Voldemort.
I let Melody down, sighing in relief as Hannah did the same, both of us rubbing our scars as Hannah trailed across for books until she found one marked "The Dark Tome."
"This is it." Hannah whispered, taking the large book in her small arms and opening it and leafing to a page headed "The Mobile Mark."
Hannah gasped. "Malfoy branded Mel with the Mobile Mark!" she said.
"What's that?" Malfoy asked, leaning over Hannah's shoulder and setting Mel down.
"It's a lethal curse used among pure blooded families with a blood traitor relative. The relative has to Mark the relative with this Mark and the relative will be dead in twenty four hours." Hannah said, reading the passage.
"No!" Malfoy and Alvaro said together.
"Yes." Hannah said, her eyes widening "But there's a cure here." she said, turning to me. "Harry, Draco, go and find Blaise." she ordered. before looking around for Mel. "SHIT!" she swore. "Mel's gone!"
At this, Malfoy and I ran off in search of Blaise and Melody.
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Hannah POV
I read the ritual, paling. This ritual could easily kill me and Mel!
"What does it say?" Alvaro asked, looking over my shoulder.
"This ritual is very dangerous, and very deadly." I said. "Mel, me or both of us could be killed during it."
"No, don't say that!" Alvaro said. "You'll be fine, I know you'll be fine."
"That's the thing, I might not be." I said.
"Hannah, don't say that!" Alvaro said, grabbing my arms. "I love you and I don't want to watch you die."
I gaped. "YOU WHAT!?" I demanded.
Alvaro sighed. "I love you, Hannah Potter." Alvaro said before he kissed me.
I gasped and pushed him off me. "What the fuck are you on? I have a boyfriend!"
"That's why I don't say anything." Alvaro said. "Because there's the problem of Malfoy."
"Draco is my boyfriend!" I shouted, shooting up. "And since when have you loved me?"
"Since first year when you fell over and yelled at me for trying to help you up. You remind me so much of Mel sometimes." Alvaro said.
I scoffed, standing up. "Well, I have a boyfriend, and I love him. So you're shit out of luck." I said, leaving the room to help find Mel.
Someone grabbed me from behind and I smelt whiskey, blood and sweat. It was Greyback.
I screamed as I was dragged away.
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Draco POV
I ran through the halls, looking for Mel and running into someone…
"Oh, fuck!" I swore. It was my Father.
"Hello, son." Father said, gripping my arm. "Or should I say traitor?"
I grunted, trying to fight out of his ironclad grip. He lead me down to the dungeon and locked me in.
I grabbed the bars, glaring at him and making to hit him when he stopped me.
"Ah, ah, Draco." Father smirked. "Don't want anything happening to your Spitfire now, do we?" he asked.
"No." I snarled as I heard Hannah scream.
"LET GO OF ME, YOU FUCKING BASTARD DOG!" she screamed as she came into view.
She was a fighter, she struggled against Greyback, who had one hand across her waist, her other hand on her throat, constricting her flow of oxygen and making her quiet.
I growled, trying to get to her. "LET HER GO!" I shouted as she struggled to get a breath in.
Greyback sneered at me and opened the door to the cell, throwing her in. She landed face first, rubbing her throat and coughing and struggling to regain her breath.
I knelt down next to her, helping her up as she glared at my Father.
"YOU!" she said, her breath back as she started going to kick him in the face.
The cell door slammed closed, almost trapping her leg. Good thing I grabbed her before her blow struck home.
"Ah, ah, Potter, such a foul temper on you." Father scolded.
"You won't get away with your plan, Malfoy, whatever it is!" Hannah said, grabbing the bars and glaring him in the eye.
"Oh, Hannah, poor, innocent, naïve Hannah, I already have." Father smirked before leaving the dungeon.
"WHEN I GET OUT OF THIS YOU'RE DEAD, MALFOY!" Hannah shouted before huffing, crossing her arms.
"Great!" she said. "Fucking perfect! Mel has a Death Clock strapped to her arm and we're locked in here without anything we need to help her!" she shouted, leaning against the wall as we suddenly heard sobbing.
"Mel!" I said, seeing her at last and picking her up as Hannah paced, fidgeting with the skirt of her dress as she bit her lip.
"Ok, let's see if I can pick the lock." she said, getting on her knees and pulling a bobby pin from her hair, making it cascade over her shoulders as she fidgeted with the lock…
But it was to no avail. "Fuck!" Hannah said, tucking the bobby pin back into her clutch and growling. "Now we're locked in with no means of getting out!" she said. "Wait a minute…" Hannah said, looking to the door. "What are the odds that your father's stupid and forgot the Silencing Charm?"
"Pretty damned good." I said.
"Hold your ears and Mel's." Hannah said.
I covered my ears and Mel's, knowing that when Hannah screamed, you would suffer an anurism.
"HELP!" Hannah screamed. "THRESH! CLOVE! GLIMMER! GALE! RAVEN! EFFIE! FOXFACE! HELP! ME AND CATO AND POSEY ARE LOCKED IN THE DUNGEON!"
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Harry POV
"Any luck finding them?" Alvaro asked.
I shook my head. "No, nothing yet." I said, starting to worry. Hannah would have met up with us when she found Mel. Now me, Alvaro and Zabini were in the library with the Tome, Malfoy, Hannah and Mel nowhere to be found.
"I'm going to find them." Zabini said, shooting up.
"I'm right behind you." I said, going after them and sneaking down to the basement.
When we reached a hidden door, I heard hoarse screaming.
"Thresh! Gale! Harry! Help!" Hannah's voice rasped behind the door.
"Found Hannah!" I said, bashing the door down and running down the stairs to see Hannah, Malfoy, and Melody in a cell.
"What the hell happened?" I asked, looking for the keys.
"We were looking for Mel and one by one we were thrown in here." Malfoy said. "Mel was here first, then I was thrown in by my own fucking father, and then Spitfire here."
"Great, where's your asshole father keep the keys?" I asked, looking around.
"Harry, behind you!" Hannah screamed as I was grabbed.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Lucius Malfoy growled, yanking the Tome from me and throwing me into the dungeon with Blaise and Alvaro, locking the door.
"When the party's over, I'll be bringing in the Dark Lord to finish both of you twins off." Lucius said. "Better bang your slut one last time, Draco, because this will be her last night on earth."
Hannah gasped and Draco growled, drawing her to him as he slammed the door behind him.
"We're getting out of here." Malfoy told her, holding her close as Mel ran into Alvaro's arms crying.
"This is awful!" Hannah said, getting up and pacing, obviously fighting the urge to cry. "We're locked in a cell, waiting for our death, and Lucius Malfoy just stole the one thing we needed to save Mel's life!" she said with a choked sob, leaning against the wall next to me.
I wrapped my arms around her, deciding now was as good a time as any to use her old nickname. "Everything's going to be fine, Hannah Banana." I told her. "You'll think of something. You always do."
Blaise snorted. "Hannah Banana?" he asked. "You seriously called her Hannah Banana?"
"This is a stressful time for her and I think going back to a pre-Malfoy nickname will calm her down." I told Zabini, glaring at him as the door opened again.
Malfoy came down with the Tome and handed it to Hannah. "To prove I'm not totally heartless, take the book."
I gaped. "Well…thank you." I said.
"But, my generosity comes at a price." Malfoy said, looking suggestively at Hannah.
"What sort of price?" I demanded.
"Amusement upstairs would be greatly appreciated." Malfoy said, grabbing Hannah's arm through the bars of the cell. "Who better than Miss Harley Quinn to amuse the males?"
Draco growled, pulling Hannah back. "You're not letting those Death Eater monsters up there violate my Spitfire." he spat, pulling Hannah to him.
"Yeah!" Alvaro and Blaise said. "Minus the 'our Spitfire' thing." Alvaro said when Draco cast them a scathing look.
"Boys, no." Hannah said quietly. "I have to do it."
"No!" Draco said.
"Draco, do you want to save Mel or not?" Hannah asked, looking down, as if ashamed at what she's about to do.
"Yes, but…" Malfoy started.
"But nothing." Hannah said, looking up, fire in her eyes as she touched his face. "There's a price everyone has to pay for something. I knew from when your father handed me that book that he was going to want something of me. Draco, I'll be fine." she said.
Mel stepped forward, yanking the book from Hannah's hand and thrusting it into Malfoy's father's hand. "Take it!" she said. "If the price involves our Mother Quinn being violated, we want no part of it." she said.
Malfoy smirked. "So be it." he said, tossing the book aside and grabbing Hannah by the neckline of her dress. "I will get you, Hannah Potter. You may have your precious coven boys and brother backing you up, but I will get you when you're alone, and I will use you like the little slut you are!" he growled, dropping Hannah and striding out.
I dropped to my knees next to Hannah and collected her in my arms, holding her tightly as she fought not to cry. "Don't, Han, don't. I won't let him get you." I told her.
"It's not that." Hannah said, turning to Mel. "What have you done!? You single-handedly dug your own grave!" she said, tears in her eyes.
Mel stepped forward, handing Hannah a piece of paper. "Alvaro taught me not to rip pages from books, but I think this is an exception." Mel said, handing Hannah the paper.
Hannah gasped. "You sneaky vixen!" she said, holding up the page. It was the ritual that she needed to save Mel! "I should have thought of that!" she said, looking at the page. "Ok, we'll need candles, grass and people to represent the elements." Hannah muttered.
"Wait, didn't you tell them about the risk?" Alvaro said.
"Oh…" Hannah said, setting the page down and looking at everyone.
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Hannah POV
I looked up from the page and looked at everyone. "There's a chance that Mel and I are going to die." I announced. "This ritual is one of the more dangerous in the Tome."
Blaise gaped, completely shocked, Harry's eyes widened. But it was Draco that took it the hardest.
"There's gotta be a mistake." Draco said, yanking the page from my hand and reading it. "It's supposed to save a life not take it!"
"Draco," I said. "it's a Dark Tome. There's always a catch, we learned that with your father trying to give us the book. With Dark magic, nothing is free. A life for a life, it's the way Dark magic is." I explained.
"But it says that there's a chance." Draco said.
"A very good chance." I said, my voice cracking as Harry grabbed candles. "Mel, if I were you, I'd start…" my voice broke again, but I composed myself. "I'd start saying goodbye now."
Mel threw herself at Alvaro, crying as I started at Blaise.
Blaise punched me in the arm, grinning through tears. "I always knew your magic was going to get you killed." he said. "Never thought I'd be right."
I laughed. "Somehow I always knew you would."
"Vision Girl." Blaise said before hugging me. "Be good, will you? And if you see my dad up there, tell him I love him."
"You got it." I said, giving him a gentle squeeze as Mel started on Blaise, leaving me with Alvaro.
Draco gave Alvaro a dark look and Alvaro gulped, turning to me. "You have a plan, right?" Alvaro asked.
"Yeah, perform the ritual, die, then bargain with the dude upstairs to bring me back, no sweat." I joked.
"You can't just stay dead like a normal person, can you?" Alvaro joked, earning a guttural snarl from Draco.
"I'm not normal, I think I made that clear." I said, grinning before Alvaro hugged me.
"Try not to get yourself killed, will you?" Alvaro asked.
"I'll try, I make no promises." I said before Mel jumped back on Alvaro, pushing me to Harry.
"So…" I said, trying not to cry…and being unsuccessful. I threw my arms around my brother, scared shitless.
Harry gave me a gentle squeeze. "Hannah Banana, you'll be fine, I know it." Harry said. "And even if not, Mum and Dad are waiting for you."
"Not helping." I muttered into his shoulder, freeing my hands to wipe my eyes. "Thank Skinner for waterproof makeup." I said when Harry let me go, laughing. "Otherwise I'd die with mascara running down my face."
Harry laughed and kissed my forehead. "Love you, mei-mei."
I blushed. I loved it when Harry called me that. It was Chinese for younger sister.
"Love you more, Ge-Ge." I said. That's older brother in Chinese.
"Ok, go say goodbye to Ferret Boy over there." Harry said, shoving me in Draco's direction.
I swallowed, settling my skirts and looking up at Draco, only to be met with a searing kiss.
I sighed, relaxing against him as Harry made a noise of disgust in the back of his throat.
When Draco pulled away, he smirked down at me. "I love you so much, Spitfire."
I beamed, wrapping my arms around his middle, breathing him in. "I love you, too." I whispered.
Draco rested his chin on the top of my head. "If you die, I'm going with you. The moment your heart stops beating, I'll be begging for them to kill me."
"Awe!" Blaise said. "Romance!"
"Barf!" Harry and Alvaro said together.
"I wish you'd stop with the romance! I'm gonna upchuck the food I just ate before we got caught." Harry gagged.
I gave Draco one last squeeze before grabbing the candles. "Ok," I said, taking a breath to steady myself. "The first thing we need is grass for Mel to lie on."
"How is that possible?" Alvaro asked. "Last time I checked, we were in a brick cell!"
"And…" Draco growled "The last time I checked, we had an Element Manipulator on our hands. Hannah can do it!"
I swallowed. I had never really used Earth before. It was mostly Fire and Water. But I guess it was a better time than any to try.
I took a deep breath, squeezing my eyes closed and waving my hand, imagining grass bursting from the stone. "Did…did I do it?" I asked.
"Yes, Hannah, you got it!" Blaise said.
I opened my eyes and smirked at myself, looking at the grassy field I had made of the dungeon. "Ok, next is something right up my alley." I said. "I have to burn a Wicca's symbol into the grass, have Marked individual lie down in center." I read, raising my hand and feeling the familiar heat flash through my body as I burnt a five point star into the grass, encasing it in a circle before putting the flames out.
"Ok, now I need to assign spots to everyone. There's Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Spirit. So, Alvaro, you're air."
"Because I'm an airhead?" Alvaro asked, making everyone burst out laughing.
"No, the element you get is based on your personality." I said. "Alvaro, you're authentic, so air is perfect for you. Blaise, you're faithful to your friends, fire is your element. Harry, you always know what to say, which makes you wise, water is yours. Draco." Draco looked up. "Despite the fact that your father is a bastard, you're empathetic, so earth is yours. And seeing as I tend to be sincere…"
"Like when you say you love me." Draco smirked.
"Yes, like when I tell you I love you." I conceded "I'm spirit." I said before handing everyone a candle. "Ok, Draco, you're at the tip here, where I'm standing." I told him.
Draco moved into his place and I turned on Blaise. "Blaise, you're across from Draco, over here." I told him.
Blaise moved across from Draco, each boy sharing a smirk with the other.
"Harry, here." I said, pointing to Draco's left.
Harry and Draco glowered at each other as Harry grabbed his candle, messing up my hair and taking position.
"Alvaro, you're across from Harry." I finished, pointing to Alvaro's spot.
Alvaro smirked and took his place, leaving me to settle in between Draco and Alvaro.
"Ok, the first thing we have to do is summon the elements." I said. "Starting with Air."
Alvaro smirked and I moved next to him. "It is what we take to survive, and what will always be, I call air to the circle." I said, lighting Alvaro's candle with my Fire gift.
Suddenly, a huge gust of wind wound between the two of us, blowing my hair as if it was caught in a windstorm.
"Ok, that was cool!" I said, turning to Blaise. "It gives us warmth, and it always burns deep within us, I call Fire to the circle." I said (feeling really stupid) and starting for Blaise's candle.
I didn't even touch the wick when it ignited, filling the dungeon with warmth, as if an oven had been turned on.
"That's creepy." Alvaro said. "But cool."
I nodded, turning to Harry. "We use it to cleanse ourselves physically and spiritually with love, religion, intuition and emotions, I call water to the circle." I said, lighting Harry's candle.
And as if the other two elements didn't interest me enough, the scent of the ocean filled the room.
"Ok, that is really creepy." Draco said as I turned on him.
"It sustains all life, allows us to prosper, grow wise and receive and abundance of knowledge and crops. I call Earth to the circle." I said, lighting Draco's candle and gasping the same time as him.
"Do you smell that?" Draco whispered as the smell of fresh flowers.
"Yes." I whispered back. "Holy Skinner." I whispered. "I'm scared to call Spirit now." I said.
"Don't be." Draco whispered as I assumed my place, holding my hand aloft.
"It is the source of love and compassion, and what we will always be. I call Spirit to the circle." I said closing my eyes, my stomach turning summersaults as I lit the candle.
Suddenly, every element twisted around me. I felt wind whipping my hair and skirt, the heat from a fire fill the room with the smell of the ocean and flowers.
I opened my eyes and the boys all gasped.
"Holy fuck." Blaise whispered, the fires of all the candles burning a little brighter as I held mine in front of me with my mind.
"I can't get over the eyes." Draco said. "Holy shit, that is cool."
"What? What?" I asked, feeling my feet leave the ground a short distance.
"They're changing colour!" Harry said. "They're going from blue…"
"To green!" Draco chirped.
"To red!" Blaise added.
"To turquoise!" Alvaro added.
"To violet!" the boys said together
I found a mirror outside the dungeon and gaped. The boys were right! My eyes were changing colour from their regular colour to an ocean blue, then to a forest green like Harry's, then to a newborn vampire red, then to Sheila's eye colour, and then to a deep violet and back again, repeating the cycle!
I gasped as I hit the ground gracefully, my hair falling back into place as if it was never touched.
"Wow." I said.
"Holy crap, that was amazing!" Harry said.
"I know." I said, blinking and seeing my eyes had gone back to normal before grabbing the page. "Ok, first thing's first." I said when the exhilarating high from the element calling subsided "We have to knock Mel out, keep her from feeling pain. It said the Necromancer has to do it." I said.
"What's the Necromancer?" Draco asked.
I looked to the edge of the page, finding something scrawled in ink. "It says here that the Necromancer is he or she that has all elements at their disposal and can control them all at once. It's a very rare gift."
"So…" Harry said. "That means…you!"
I nodded, paling before reading the text of the page:
"Dreadful Darkness, here my cry,
Brought back by one who cannot die,
Let the evil from the past,
Die again from fiery blasts.
Shown by a loathing so deep.
We seek to destroy, let your victim sleep!"
Mel struggled for a bit after the words left my mouth.
"Mel, you can't fight it." I said. "Now that the spell's been recited, the Mobile Mark will fight to stay." I said.
"Listen to her, Mel." Draco whispered.
Mel whimpered and let her head fall back, closing her eyes and letting the spell take effect.
I took a deep breath. This was the lethal part.
"Ok, now let's get this bastard Mark off Mel." I said, smirking as I read the spell to finish the job.
"Mobile Mark, get thee hence,
Only good can recompense.
Earth, air, water, fire;
Destroys the Dark Lord's worst desire.
Evil Mark, leave this child be
And vengeance yourself instead with me!"
"Wait…WHAT!?" I screamed before paling further.
The snake on Mel's Mark had popped from her arm and was slithering towards me.
"That explains why this ritual was so dangerous!" I whispered, eyeing the snake as it lunged at me.
"HANNAH!" Draco and Harry shouted together as the snake sank its teeth into my neck.
I screamed, slumping down to the floor as Mel shot up, eyes red as the snake slithered away.
I was half conscious and blacking out fast as Mel grabbed my head as if she was going to snap my neck, biting where the snake bit and licking the wound until it healed.
I blinked, my vision coming back into focus as Mel's eyes turned back to hazel, Mel helping me up.
"Thanks." I said, looking down at her, my eyes widening to see the snake heading for Draco.
"DRACO, BEHIND YOU!" I screamed, drawing my wand.
Draco turned around and moved out of the way so I could blast the snake.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" I screamed, blasting the snake into a wisp of black smoke.
When the smoke cleared, I fearfully dismissed the elements with my thanks, allowing everyone to blow out their candles.
I stood there, panting from fear as Draco and I locked eyes.
I jumped into his arms quickly, the collision almost painful.
"You did it, Hannah! You're alive!" Blaise said, clapping me over the back as Mel jumped into Alvaro's arms, sobbing with relief as Draco and I kissed.
Draco let me go and I was tackled by Blaise.
"Holy fuck!" Blaise said crushing me in his arms. "You saved Mel, and you didn't kill yourself!"
I laughed, hugging him back and slapping him across the back until Harry forced me from Blaise and Draco's group hug and squeezing me tightly around the middle.
"I love you, Hannah Banana." he said, kissing my forehead.
I wrapped my arms tightly around him, turning in his arms. "I love you, too, Harry Berry." I said, making Draco and Blaise and Alvaro snort.
"Harry Berry?" Draco asked, laughing. "Wow, I didn't think you'd be that big a flake, Potter."
"SOD OFF, MALFOY!" Harry snapped, setting me down. "It was the first thing Hannah could call me."
I blushed. "No, the first thing I could call you was Ge-Ge." I said.
Draco snorted again. "Whatever." he said. "Let's just get out of here before Father comes back with the Dark Lord and kills Hannah and Potter."
I thought about it. "Oh, right!" I said, face palming myself and focusing on where the keys could be and closing my eyes, holding out my hand.
In a minute, I felt cold steel in my hand and I smirked, jangling the key to the dungeon.
Blaise gave me the worst look possible. "WHERE WAS THAT TALENT A FEW HOURS AGO WHEN I HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!?"
Draco, Alvaro, Mel, Harry and I backed away from Blaise. "You peed yourself?" I asked.
"No…" Blaise said, shrugging. "but I wouldn't go into the corner if I were you."
"Eww." Draco said as I unlocked the door.
"There we go, we're free." I said, smirking at everyone.
"I agree with Blaise though, Spitfire, you should have thought of that sooner." Draco said as everyone flooded out.
"Ok, ok, I get it." I said. "Now where's the bathroom?" I asked.
Everyone laughed.
"I'm serious, I gotta pee. But I, unlike Thresh, can hold it!" I said.
"Oh, crap." Harry said as I read Malfoy's mind.
"Thank Skinner." I said, ducking into a bathroom across the hall.
…
"Ok, I'm good." I said, settling my skirts. "Let's find the coven and get the hell outta here."
Draco grabbed my arm and we ran into the party, where Lucius Malfoy was standing up on stage.
"Where's Harley Quinn?!" the males were demanding.
Lucius smirked. "I'll go get her." he said.
"Hannah, run!" Draco said.
"Not without the coven." I said, running into the crowd, Draco, Blaise, Harry, Alvaro and Mel after me as I grabbed them, handing them masks.
"Narcissa's going to be tortured any minute!" I shouted when I got them all together. "Up to the rafters, hurry!"
Everyone nodded, tying masks on as I transfigured my dress into a black one with a fitted skirt and a large slit up to my thigh.
Draco transfigured the girls dresses into dark purple fitted dresses as the girls tied their masks on, changing our appearance instantly as I started climbing.
"Come on!" I said to the coven, who instantly came after me as I got onto the rafter and crawled along it, waiting for our moment.
Lucius and Yaxley had grabbed Narcissa and were dragging her up onstage, her dress ripped and bloodied. Draco growled and started to stand.
"No, not yet." I whispered. "Ok, you cut your mother free, Cato, and me and the coven will distract the Snake Faced Little Shits." I told everyone, who nodded.
Voldemort strode up onstage, wand in hand. He flicked his wand and Narcissa was immediately tied to a pole.
"Narcissa Malfoy…" Voldemort started.
"Get ready!" I whispered.
"You have been convicted of treachery to the Dark Lord. The punishment is death, delivered by your husband."
"Now!" I whispered as Lucius drew his wand, shooting up.
"Not so fast, Lucy!" I shouted, making everyone look up at me.
"HARLEY QUINN!" the Snake Faced Little Shits hissed, angry except for one voice.
"HARLEY QUINN!" a thirteen year old girl's excited voice said in the silence.
I looked down and saw a girl with long black hair, ice blue eyes with a familiar matching pendant, wearing fewer bangles than normal and a deep green fit and flare.
"Willow." I whispered before turning back to Malfoy. "So…I thought you Snake Faced Little Shits couldn't get any lower. I guess I was wrong. Murdering a woman of all people for something you can't even prove she did…all for the sake of others' amusement." I snorted. "That's low, even for you, Malfoy."
"YEAH!" Willow screamed. "That's low, even for you, Malfoy!"
"Shut up, you stupid girl!" Isabel Lockton hissed, grabbing one half of her hair as Traci Lestrange grabbed the other. "You'll be next!"
"B-But, Auntie…" Willow breathed.
"Don't you dare 'b-but, Auntie' me!" Lockton hissed "I have no niece! A true niece of mine would join the Dark Lord now!"
"I DON'T WANT TO!" Willow screamed.
Lockton and Lestrange drew their wands, dragging Willow up to the stage. "Room for another?" they asked, making me snap.
"LEAVE HER!" I shouted. "She's only a child!"
"A child who is a blood traitor!" Lockton sneered at me, drawing a dagger to Willow's neck.
I growled. "No honourable woman would dare harm a child!" I told the congregation of Snake Faced Little Shits.
Willow started crying. "You're all nothing b-but Snake F-Faced L-Little S-Shits!" she sobbed.
"ENOUGH!" Lockton bellowed, slashing Willow's arm with the dagger and dropping her to the floor.
"NOW!" I screamed, grabbing a tapestry and jumping, swinging down and grabbing my dagger.
"How do you like it?" I hissed, stabbing Lockton in the shoulder and letting her drop before grabbing Willow, still in flight
"P-Please don't k-kill me!" Willow pleaded. "I d-don't want to die!"
"You won't die, Will, trust me." I said, locking eyes with her.
"Who are you?" she asked me, her eyes wide.
I smirked as Draco untied his mother. "Will, take a nap, your rhymes are crap." I told her.
Willow's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates and she mouthed my name.
I nodded, handing Willow off to Draco as I swung into the crowd, wand in hand and killing as many Snake Faced Little Shits as I could before casting a spell, sending me and the rest of the coven back up into the rafters.
"Go! Go!" I shouted, the coven one by one filing out a window at the roof, me at the end, blocking hexes and jinxes as I got to the window, Lucius growled and almost Stunned me as I grabbed a smoke bomb.
"QUINN!" he shouted. "I will cut your heart out with a spoon!"
I smirked. "Then it begins!" I laughed.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Malfoy screamed.
I laughed some more. "That's my title, boys, don't wear it out!" I said before throwing the smoke bomb down, listening to the Death Eaters coughing as I made my escape, closing and locking the window as I heard Voldemort screaming.
"SHE'S GETTING AWAY! STOP HER, YOU IMBECILES! STOP HER!"
Draco set Narcissa down, handing her a backpack. "Here isn't safe for you anymore, Mother, flee the country." he told her as Narcissa gasped.
"Draco?" she whispered, touching his face.
Draco nodded and hugged Narcissa as Willow ran to me, hugging me tightly.
"So…then who's Harley…?" Narcissa asked as I took my mask off.
"Hi, Mrs Malfoy." I said, smiling sheepishly.
Narcissa gaped, but them smiled at me, tapping my cheek. "I should have guessed she'd be you, Hannah." she said, shaking her head. "I guess you really are your mother's daughter. With a hint of James in there."
I smiled as Narcissa turned to Draco. "You'd best be good to this girl, young man or so help me…"
"Relax, Mother, relax, I won't do anything to her." Draco said, rolling his eyes as him and his mother shared one last hug, Narcissa hugging me and kissing my forehead before she was gone with a loud CRACK!
We all shared a big sigh of relief before Death Eaters started flooding the grounds, wands alight and sending flashes of light towards us.
Harry grabbed me. "Godric's Hollow, guys!" Harry shouted over the roar of the Snake Faced Little Shits before Disapparating away with me in tow.
